Table 1

Search strategy

1 Medline, HealthStar, PreMedline and PubMed

Thesaurus cost-benefit analysis [all subheadings] combined with thesaurus: Malignant Neoplasms, Cancer, Diabetes, Nutritional and endocrine, Neuropsychiatric, Sense organ, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Digestive, Genitourinary, Musculoskeletal, Congenital abnormalities, Oral health, Injuries.

2 Medline, HealthStar, NEED, King's Fund Library database, Science Citation Index (SCZZ), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Embase (EMZZ)

Text searches: cost* and benefit*; cost* and effect*; and cost* and utility* in combination with the above diseases

Mulligan et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2006 4:7   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-4-7